DerekG
Seaman
- Joined
- Mar 22, 2014
- Messages
- 50
Have been doing a ton of research here and finally decided its time to get my boat back in shape. I used it 3 or 4 times over over 2 summers and has a freshly rebuilt 85 hp suzuki. Traded it for some labor finishing a basement for my dad and step mom. Got it home Thursday night and immediately started tearing into it. So here is my progress over the last few evenings.
First things first. I had to build a stand for the outboard so I put one together Thursday night after work and started unhooking all the cables (steering, throttle electrical etc.) I didn't have a lifting ring and no one in town carried one so I strapped it at 3 points to make it stable while its suspended.
My stand was built from others I had seen here. Strapping at 3 points worked like a charm. If i were doing this all the time I would order the lifting ring but I'm planning on doing it right and only once.
And here we have the culprit of the rotten transom. Several unused or unsealed holes from its years after being retired as a rental boat. These aren't the main reason I new had structure issues but I will cover that hole as my rebuild continues.
I had my first taste of grinding fiberglass. Cutting the inside of the transom skin free from the hull since It was glassed to the cap on the inside but not the outside.
I used an engine hoist and straps to lift the rear of the cap free from the hull prior to blocking it up.
First things first. I had to build a stand for the outboard so I put one together Thursday night after work and started unhooking all the cables (steering, throttle electrical etc.) I didn't have a lifting ring and no one in town carried one so I strapped it at 3 points to make it stable while its suspended.
My stand was built from others I had seen here. Strapping at 3 points worked like a charm. If i were doing this all the time I would order the lifting ring but I'm planning on doing it right and only once.
And here we have the culprit of the rotten transom. Several unused or unsealed holes from its years after being retired as a rental boat. These aren't the main reason I new had structure issues but I will cover that hole as my rebuild continues.
I had my first taste of grinding fiberglass. Cutting the inside of the transom skin free from the hull since It was glassed to the cap on the inside but not the outside.
I used an engine hoist and straps to lift the rear of the cap free from the hull prior to blocking it up.